National Entertainment

Is it a #MeToo-era revenge thriller? A 21st-century “Fatal Attraction”? A candy-colored feminist polemic, to strains of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears? A black comedy? A comic tragedy? None of the above — and all of the above.

When Pedro Pascal started to think about his “Wonder Woman 1984” villain Max Lord, one name came to mind: Gordon Gekko.

SYDNEY, Australia — An Australian businessman has purchased Donald Bradman’s first baggy green test cap for 450,000 Australian dollars ($340,000) at auction, the second-highest price paid for a piece of cricket memorabilia.

NEW YORK — Two election technology companies whose names have come up in President Donald Trump's false charges of widespread voter fraud in the presidential election are fighting back, prompting unusual public statements from Fox News and Newsmax.

TORONTO — Outdoor productions. Concert versions of musicals. Shorter shows with no intermission.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.

LOS ANGELES — Country singer K.T. Oslin, who hit it big with the 1987 hit “80's Ladies” and won three Grammy awards, has died. She was 78. Oslin’s friend Robert K. Oermann said he learned of her death on Monday morning from her aunt.

WHISTLER, B.C. — A Newfoundland and Labrador film about the agonizing disorderliness of family took home a tidy sum and the top prize at this year's Whistler Film Festival.

TORONTO — Michelle Latimer says she's resigning from the second season of CBC's Indigenous TV series "Trickster" where she served as co-creator and director. The Thunder Bay, Ont.

NEW ORLEANS — Chicago's South Side comes alive through the writings of Gabriel Bump's debut novel, “Everywhere You Don't Belong," which has earned him recognition as the 2020 winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence.